The report noted how the studio had until May 1st, 2022 to start filming a sequel or lose the rights. The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling.A new report from The Wrap details how the film was canceled due to lapsed rights, claiming that it largely came down to MGM dragging its feet. (via Entertainment Weekly, featured image: Ilze Kitshoff/Warner Bros. Will Green and Vikander be able to break th e Tomb Raider curse and deliver a film that is both feminist AND fun? We may be waiting quite a while to see. While the film was grittier, it lacked a sense of fun or humor, making it a serviceable but unmemorable experience. And while the film improved on its predecessors, it still received mixed reviews and an underwhelming box office debut.
The new film promised a more grounded Tomb Raider, a departure from Jolie’s glossy adventures. The film made enough money to merit a sequel, 2003’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, which was slightly more entertaining, and has enough campy moments to justify its existence.įans were excited when a Tomb Raider reboot was announced, starring Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander. While a box office success, Tomb Raider earned a meager 20 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
While Jolie was great casting (and certainly seemed to be having fun) a muddled plot and terrible CGI tanked the film. The first attempt at adapting the video game was 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which saw superstar Angelina Jolie take on the title role. So much of the struggle of the franchise has been the objectification of Croft as a character, and male storytellers failing to capture Croft’s humanity. “It’s pretty amazing - we’re, like, the same age! I was like, ‘Oh, I’m just now on a Zoom with an extremely talented woman that I think has done some incredible work.’ It would be so amazing if we get to go and do this very big-ass film together, going to kick some ass in front of the camera and behind the camera, you know?”Ī woman (finally!) helming a Tomb Raider film is an exciting proposition, especially one with Green’s talent and vision. Because of the pandemic, we had plans of shooting this film, and now it’s been one and a half years, but Misha Green is on board, and she’s writing a draft right now,” Vikander said. “I think Misha and I have been ready, so it’s kind of in somebody else’s hands, to be honest.” In addition to the merger, the sequel was also delayed due to the pandemic. referencing Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar acquisition of MGM earlier this year. Now it’s kind of politics,” Vikander told Entertainment Weekly. “With the MGM and Amazon buyout, I have no clue.
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So what’s the status on that Tomb Raider sequel? Star Alicia Vikander ( The Danish Girl, Ex Machina) discussed the sequel’s fate during her press tour for the HBO Max series Irma Vep. Since then, we haven’t heard much from the project, and Green has secured another high profile gig writing the Black Canary spinoff film for Jurnee Smollett, who will reprise her role from Birds of Prey. Last year, it was reported that Misha Green ( Lovecraft Country) would write and direct a Tomb Raider sequel to the 2018 reboot.
Despite this, Hollywood continues to return to the Tomb Raider well, hoping to make a film that delivers on the promise of the premise.
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And yet, we still haven’t gotten a genuinely good Tomb Raider movie after three attempts and millions of dollars spent. It should be simple enough: an action-adventure film in the vein of Indiana Jones with a kickass woman hunting for treasure and fighting off bad guys. There are many things we want out of this one wild and precious life, and one of those things is a ‘Tomb Raider’ movie that isn’t garbage.
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